Russia
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Russia presses ahead with new large Baltic port complex
Russia’s federal agency FSUE Rosmorport and Primorsky Universal Transshipment Complex (Primorsky UPK) have signed a deal to move forward with…
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Sovcomflot seals financing for Sakhalin shuttle tankers
Russian shipowner Sovcomflot has inked a new ten-year $110m credit facility with three international banks to finance two new ice-class…
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Russia deploys icebreakers as cold snap catches ships out along the Northern Sea Route
An earlier covering of sea ice in Arctic waters this year compared to many previous years has caught a number…
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Yinhui boxship runs aground in Russia
Panama-flagged containership ran aground at about 05.00 hrs local time off the coast of Nakhodka, Russia after a leak in…
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Russian navy comes to the rescue of MSC ship attacked off West Africa
The Russian Navy reacted fast yesterday helping stop a pirate attack underway onboard a boxship operated by Mediterranean Shipping Co…
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Samsung Heavy celebrates massive $1.7bn order with delivery dates pushed back to 2027
The busy docks at Samsung Heavy Industries have just got a sizeable extra chunk of business with delivery dates an…
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Russia anticipates all-year Arctic transits by as early as 2022
Further signs of just how much the Arctic Ocean is thawing came yesterday via Russian state television where the country’s…
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Sovcomflot and NYK fix four LNG carrier newbuilds to Novatek
Russian shipowner Sovcomflot and its Japanese joint venture partner, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), have signed long-term time charter contracts with…
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MOL orders four LNG carriers at DSME for Novatek charter
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has inked time-charter deals for four newbuilding liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers with Novatek…
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Major LNG complex to be built at Ust-Luga
RusKhimAlyans, a joint venture of Gazprom and RusGazDobycha, along with Linde, and Renaissance Heavy Industries have signed EPC contracts to…
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MOL and Marubeni join forces to ship methanol from Russia
Japanese shipowner Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and its compatriot Marubeni Corporation have reached an agreement in Russia to explore options…
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DP World eyes the Arctic as ‘one of the last great trading routes in the world to be developed’
DP World will carry out a feasibility study with FESCO, Russia’s largest intermodal transport operator, on developing a new container…
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Japan and Russia to collaborate on ammonia and hydrogen developments
During the latest Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok, Japan’s trade and industry ministry (Meti) and Russia’s state-owned Novatek agreed…
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Ship repair cluster to be developed in Russia’s Far East
As shipments grow in volume across the Arctic from Russia to Asia, led by LNG, there’s increased needs for a…
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MOL buys into Russian FSU project
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has signed a letter of intent with Russia’s State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK) for the…
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Sovcomflot exits dry bulk
Russia’s shipping major Sovcomflot has completed its exit from the dry bulk segment with the sale of its last two…
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CCCC wins contact for Kamchatka LNG complex
China’s leading marine and waterway contractor, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), has been appointed as a major contractor in the…
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Moscow plans expansion of trans-Arctic shipping
The Russian government has announced that it wants to boost annual transit volumes on the Arctic Northern Sea Route from…
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DP World and Rosatom partner on Arctic shipping venture
Dubai-based terminal operator DP World has anounced it will work with Russian state nuclear energy firm Rosatom to develop pilot…
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Volga Shipping launches 20-ship renewal programme
Russian shipowner Volga Shipping has ignited a 20-vessel newbuild plan with first orders for four bulk carriers. The RSD71 designs…
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